Best Actress nominee, Carey Mulligan
The 93rd Oscars were held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and international locations via satellite. This was the first award show in the midst of the pandemic to not go virtual. No more flat zoom speeches, the Academy Awards were determined to have their live red carpet.
With many of Hollywood's biggest superstars coming out for their first red carpet event since the COVID19 lockdown, presenters included Brad Pitt, Regina King, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed and more.
And the winners are:
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins for The Father
Best Actress
Frances McDormand for Nomadland
Best Picture
Nomadland
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
Music (Original Song)
“Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Music (Original Score)
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Film Editing
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Cinematography
Mank
Erik Messerschmidt
Production Design
Mank
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn
Minari
Visual Effects
Tenet
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Animated Feature Film
Soul
Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Sound
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Directing
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ann Roth
Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
International Feature Film
Another Round
Denmark
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Father
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell